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• Politics and red ink dominate 2010 year in news
  The white snow flew and the red ink grew as 2010 drew to a close in Minnesota, but the blizzard that brought down the Metrodome roof and the projection of a daunting $6.2 billion state deficit were just two of the year's most notable stories.December 28, 2010
• British film celebrates women's equal pay rights in Europe
  British director Nigel Cole's latest film tells the story of a 1960s strike which was pivotal in the equal pay movement in Europe.December 28, 2010
• Minn. explorer sets out for risky Alaska climb
  A Minnesota explorer hopes to become the first person to scale Mount McKinley on a solo expedition in January.December 28, 2010
• Endangered Malayan tapir at Minnesota Zoo
  The Malayan tapir named Jon-hi is now on exhibit at the zoo's Tropics Trail. The 1-year-old tapir came from the Omaha Zoo and will be on exhibit in the mornings.December 28, 2010
• Eagan vet of Vietnam War to get overdue honors
  For Army veteran Tim Callister, it's an award ceremony more than 40 years in the making.December 28, 2010
• Hmong New Year event canceled after Dome collapse
  Organizers of a Hmong New Year celebration have canceled the event after the Metrodome roof collapsed.December 28, 2010
• Back home, a soldier becomes dad again
  Last Christmas, Cpt. Jim Pereda of the Minnesota National Guard was deployed in Iraq and spent Christmas with his family by webcam. This year, Pereda is back home and MPR News caught up with the family in Rogers, Minn. to find out how the homecoming has gone.December 28, 2010
• The psychology of hoarding
  When does an individual go from being a "pack rat" to a compulsive hoarder? And why, for some people, is getting rid of "stuff" so difficult that it overwhelms them? Midmorning examines how and why people become compulsive hoarders.Midmorning, December 28, 2010
• Birthrates decline across the nation
  A recent CDC report shows the teen birth rate is now the lowest it has been in 70 years, with the overall birth rate for adults in their 20s and 30s down as well. Experts cite numerous causes, ranging from the recession to successful public health initiatives and even popular culture.Midmorning, December 28, 2010
• Boy returns home after U of M treatment for rare skin disease
  A young boy with a rare skin disease returned home to Alabama Sunday after undergoing an experimental stem cell transplant at the University of Minnesota in September. Payton Thornton is not cured yet. But his blistered skin has recovered so much that he is able to run, jump and even wrestle with his brothers.December 27, 2010
• Minn. woman rescues pets after owners killed
  After a mother and her two children died in a car crash, a Duluth Township woman found a home for the family's ferret and two cats.December 26, 2010
• Commentary: Christmas without the burden
  When one of her colleagues complained about feeling pressured at Christmastime, MPR reporter Sasha Aslanian shared this letter with him. It is adapted from an e-mail she had sent to her family this year.December 25, 2010
• Another Christmas, another upheaval in Ivory Coast
  A decade ago, a Peace Corps volunteer taught some African kids about Santa Claus. In turn, they taught her about generosity.December 25, 2010
• Christmas, without the burden
  The point of the holiday should be to enjoy family and feel gratitude.December 24, 2010
• New documentary remembers largest mass execution in US history
  The shock waves of the largest mass execution in U.S. history still reverberate today among the Dakota people, and a new documentary film remembers the 38 Dakota warriors who were hanged from a single scaffold in Mankato.December 23, 2010

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